Justice Yetunde Adesanya of the Lagos State High Court, sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, has rejected the bail application of Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate, Frederick Nwajagu, who is being prosecuted over alleged terrorism.
Gatekeepers News reports that Nwajagu had threatened that the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) would shut down Lagos State for one month.
He is standing trial on a nine-count charge bordering on an attempt to commit acts of terrorism, financing terrorism, participating in terrorism, and meeting to support a proscribed entity.
On July 25, 2023, the defendant applied for bail, citing his medical reports. He added that he was not a flight risk.
Ruling on Friday, the vacation judge held that the court was constrained to refuse the bail application, based on the seriousness of the offence and the severity of its punishment.
